Pretty much all the apps I use on 2.0 work on 2.1 so there's no problems there.

The Messages app works a lot smoother in my opinion. Opening emails, DMs; etc is also a lot quicker and they get marked as read a lot faster. The orientation adjustment on the Messages app seems work fairly well too.

The browser seems A LOT faster. Obviously with the improvements to HTML5 support, those sites load up with ease.

Bezel sensitivity seems to have down a little which I'm still getting use to. Not sure if it's in my head or not but I find myself swiping twice to minimize or open a menu because the first time didn't register.

Camera, video recorder, pictures and video apps all work the same. No changes there.

There is better RAM optimization, I've noticed from boot I'm nearly at 700 MB of free RAM, it settles to around 570-600 MB with nothing open and with apps open it doesn't use as much RAM as in the previous OS (2.0.1.358).

I'm having the same issue w/ Facebook which in my case I just noticed could be added w/ the 2.1. Maybe I just missed it in 2.0. Anyway. No sync either and I'm having the same issue w/ GIST for which they tell me there is a known FB connector issue due to some changes at FB and they are working to correct. Maybe the same her.

Skype actually uses part of the NDK for Android, and coincidentally enough for the video feature it used the NDK which is not supported in the BlackBerry PlayBook Android Runtime, although RIMs up to something with Skype integration so we've heard.

Skype actually uses part of the NDK for Android, and coincidentally enough for the video feature it used the NDK which is not supported in the BlackBerry PlayBook Android Runtime, although RIMs up to something with Skype integration so we've heard.

Yea, heard something about this. Makes sense and all with the various different access for each platform.

It will be a day to remember when Skype finally rolls around to supporting BlackBerry devices other than Verizon Smartphones.

Also check the large titles which group apps together. You'll notice they display their group contents differently. Whether or not this is a Beta 2.1 change is still yet to be determined, but it seems like it is because I didn't see this in the official 2.0.1.358 OS revision.

Recently Google Images would load up a mobile site when you searched for an image, making it impossible to tap anything or scroll. Now Google Images works perfectly fine and better than ever before, I believe this probably does have something to do with the new browser updates within the Beta OS. So far this Beta OS is looking pretty good

Another quick little find

In the native calendar app, I noticed a 4th icon for the different views on the left hand side. In the screenshot I tapped it and that's what it looks like if you select a day with an event.

In addition to the calendar finding posted by grimreaper, when editing a Google calendar event the combo boxes for the dates look superimposed (landscape mode). Also, edited an event date and while the dates range was from June 14 to June 15, the events subtitle indicated June 14 to 16. It also marked those days in the monthly view. Ihad to go to Google Calendar in my notebook and make the change there, after sync, it showed correct date.

Email

I have installed 2.1.0.560 beta and I like the way that mail attachments automatically download and save when they are opened. One annoying thing is that email previews disappear leading a blank space after one or two have been viewed necessitating rebooting the email application. Anyone else with this problem?